Lesson 3: Dancing and Singing through the Bill of Rights
Handout 4

The Amendment Song

The First Amendment of the Constitution says . . . .

The Second Amendment of the Constitution says . . . .

The Third Amendment of the Constitution says . . . .

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution says . . . .

The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution says . . . .

The Sixth Amendment of the Constitution says . . . .

The Seventh Amendment of the Constitution says . . . .

The first part of the Eighth Amendment says . . . .

The second part of the Eighth Amendment says . . . .

The Ninth Amendment of the Constitution says . . . .

The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution says . . . .

The rest of the Amendments of the Constitution say . . . .

Credit should be given to screenwriter Douglas McGrath for the brilliant mnemonic device he devised to remember the Constitutional amendments in the 1993 version of the film "Born Yesterday" on which this version was based.